CHEBI:42266 - ethane

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ChEBI Name ethane
ChEBI ID CHEBI:42266
Definition An alkane comprising of two carbon atoms.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:42260, CHEBI:23975
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Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): plant metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
Application(s): refrigerant
A substance used in a thermodynamic heat pump cycle or refrigeration cycle that undergoes a phase change from a gas to a liquid and back. Refrigerants are used in air-conditioning systems and freezers or refrigerators and are assigned a "R" number (by ASHRAE - formerly the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers), which is determined systematically according to their molecular structure.
Related Structures
ethane has Substituent Group(s)
ethylene group
Mass :28.05316
Formula : C2H4
29362 		ethylidene group
Mass :28.05316
Formula : C2H4
29853 		ethyl group
Mass :29.06110
Formula : C2H5
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ethane is a Parent Hydride of
chloroethanes
Definition : A chloroalkane that is ethane in which one or more of the hydrogens is replaced by chlorine.
 iodoethane
Mass : 155.96557
Formula : C2H5I
42487 		ethyl
Mass : 29.06110
Formula : C2H5
62801 		ethylenediamine
Mass : 60.09840
Formula : C2H8N2
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has part
is conjugate base of
is conjugate acid of
is tautomer of
is enantiomer of
has functional parent
has parent hydride
is substituent group from
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